Sadao Watanabe(渡辺 貞夫,Watanabe Sadao) (born February 1, 1933) is a Japanese musician who plays the alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and flute. He is known for his bossa nova recordings, although his work encompasses a large range of styles with collaborations from musicians all over the world. He has had 13 albums reach the top 50 billboard charts and 2 within the top 10. He has also had numerous albums reach number one on the jazz charts. Among his more prestigious awards are the Order of the Rising Sun, the imperial medal of honour for his contribution to the arts, numerous cultural awards from around the world, the Fumio Nanri award and his cities first honour award.
Born in Utsunomiya, Japan, Sadao first began learning music at the age of 18 and started performing professionally in 1953. By 1958 he had established himself as a world-class saxophonist having performed with leading musicians and quartets. In 1962 he left Japan to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1995 the college awarded him an honorary doctorate degree for his contributions to music. In addition to his musical career, Watanabe has also published six photography books in Japan.
Sadao Watanabe(渡辺 禎雄,Watanabe Sadao, July 7, 1913 – January 8, 1996), born and grew up in Tokyo, was a Japaneseprintmaker in the 20th Century. Watanabe was famous for his biblical prints rendered in the mingei (folk art) tradition of Japan. As a student of the master textile dye artist Serizawa Keisuke (1895–1984), Watanabe was associated with the mingei (folk art) movement.
Early life
Watanabe’s father died when he was ten years old. He dropped out of school at an early age and became an apprentice in a dyer’s shop. A Christian woman in his neighborhood invited the fatherless boy to attend church with her. At the age of seventeen, Watanabe received baptism.
The Path Towards Printmaking
The young Watababe worked in dyers’ shops, sketching patterns and dyeing clothes. In 1937, one year after Yanagi Soetsu (1889–1961), father of the Japanese mingei (folk art) movement, had established the Folk Art Museum, the 24-year-old Watanabe saw an exhibition of Serizawa Keisuke’s (1895–1984) work. The event sowed the seeds of Watanabe’s artistic endeavor. Few years later, Watanabe attended a study group in which Serizawa taught his katazome technique of stencilling and dyeing, which originated in Okinawa. From then on, the teacher-and-student relationship between Serizawa and Watanabe became strong and abiding.
"SADAO WATANABE 渡辺貞夫 - SAUDADE TO BRAZIL -『Samba Da Volta』" BLUE NOTE TOKYO LIVE 2022
BLUE NOTE TOKYO LIVE
2022 6.23 thu.
SADAO WATANABE - SAUDADE TO BRAZIL -
『Samba Da Volta』
ジャズ界の至宝が描く“サウダージ”
ブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたプレミアム公演
2021年は音楽生活70周年を迎えて記念アルバム『JAZZ & BOSSA – LIVE AT SUNTORY HALL』を発表。ジャズの可能性を広げ、新たな挑戦を続ける音楽界の至宝、渡辺貞夫が初夏のブルーノート東京に“サウダージ”を届けた。1960年代に単身ブラジルに渡りレコーディングするなど、早くからブラジル音楽を日本に紹介し、自身の音楽に取り入れてきた渡辺。その功績はブラジル政府からも称えられブラジル最高勲章を受章。約5年ぶりとなったブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたこのコンサートでは、ブラジリアン・フレイバーなオリジナル曲やボサノヴァ、サンバのスタンダードを彼の地への想いと共に演奏した。ビバップをルーツに長いキャリアで培われた幅広い音楽性と唯一無二の音色が堪能できる特別なステージとなった。
MEMBER
Sadao Watanabe(sax)
渡辺貞夫(サックス)
Masaki Hayashi(p)
林正樹(ピアノ)
Marcelo Kimura(g)
マルセロ木村(ギター)
Kiichiro Komobuchi(b)
コモブチ キイチロウ(ベース)
Ittetsu Takemura(ds)
竹村一哲(ドラムス)
published: 26 Aug 2022
Sadao Watanabe、Lee Ritenour、Dave Grusin / California Shower (2017)
Tom Kennedy、Peter Erskine
1.California Shower, 2.Tembea, 3.Life Is All Like This
Tokyo Jazz 16th 2017
published: 01 Nov 2021
BOP NIGHT concert - Sadao Watanabe / バップナイト・コンサート 渡辺貞夫
BOP NIGHT
Sadao Watanabe
Christmas Concert 2020
Sadao Watanabe - alto sax
Akira Onozuka - piano
Takumi Awaya - bass
Ittetsu Takemura - drums
Yoichi Murata - trombone, horn arrangement
Koji Nishimura - trumpet
Sho Okumura - trumpet
Osamu Koike - tenor sax
Recorded at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
December 13, 2020
Masahiko Ozawa (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC) - Video Director / Switcher
Miku Fukuda (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC) - Video Assistant Producer
Kanji Kato (Express) - Video Technical Director
Osamu Kawashima (Tokyo FM) - Audio Recording Engineer
Yukiya Aoki (SCI) - Mobile Audio Recording Technician
Yasunobu Ohno (Tokyo ONKEN) - FOH Engineer
Hiromitsu Hatanaka (Tokyo ONKEN) - Monitor Engineer
Masahiko Watanabe (KAEMON) - Lightning Engineer
Mihoko Natsume (KAEMON) - Lightning Engineer
...
published: 17 Jan 2021
Sadao Watanabe ☆ Love Song • Live at Bravas Club '85 [Full Concert]
01. What’s Now 0:14
02. Good News 9:36
03. Tip Away 17:27
04. My Dear Life 20:57
05. Maisha 26:33
06. Call Me 33:32
07. Samba Em Praia 39:31
08. California Shower 46:37
09. Love Song [Credits] 52:34
Musicians:
Sax – Sadao Watanabe
Keyboards – Don Grusin
Keyboards – Russell Ferrante
Electric Guitar – Carlos Rios
Electric Bass – Jimmy Haslip
Drums – Ricky Lawson
Percussion – Laudir De Oliveira
Special Vocal Guest – Brenda Russell
Recorded at Bravas Club '85,
Laforet Museum Akasaka
Tokyo, Japan, June 26, 1985
published: 22 May 2016
HERE'S TO LOVE / Roberta Flack , Sadao Watanabe
1984 RENDEZ-VOUS Sadao Watanabe(as) Roberta Flack(vo) Ralph MacDonald(per) Steve Gadd(ds) Eric Gale(eg) Richard Tee(key) Will Lee(eb) Rob Mounsey(syn)
published: 03 Dec 2011
Sadao Watanabe ☆ Parker's Mood • Live at Bravas Club '85 [Full Concert]
01. Parker's Mood 0:01
02. Stella By Starlight 9:10
03. Lament 15:50
04. I Thought About You 23:57
05. Billy's Bounce 33:16
06. Bird Of Paradise 41:52
07. Everything Happens To Me 51:26
Musicians:
Sadao Watanabe – Alto Saxophone
James Williams – Piano
Charnett Moffett – Bass
Jeff Watts – Drums
Recorded at Bravas Club '85,
Laforet Museum Akasaka
Tokyo, Japan, July 13, 1985
published: 25 May 2016
Sadao Watanabe - Morning of Carnaval
From the album Jazz & Bossa 1966
published: 24 Jul 2016
Sadao Watanabe" All The Things You Are "
Performance from Bravas Club in 1991. This song also known as " Bird of Paradise" by famous C.Parker performance. This S.Watanabe play is also great.
(Drums' Harvey Mason. Guiter; Perry Hughes, Organ; Ronny Foster)
BLUE NOTE TOKYO LIVE
2022 6.23 thu.
SADAO WATANABE - SAUDADE TO BRAZIL -
『Samba Da Volta』
ジャズ界の至宝が描く“サウダージ”
ブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたプレミアム公演
2021年は音楽生活70周年を迎えて記念アルバム『JAZ...
BLUE NOTE TOKYO LIVE
2022 6.23 thu.
SADAO WATANABE - SAUDADE TO BRAZIL -
『Samba Da Volta』
ジャズ界の至宝が描く“サウダージ”
ブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたプレミアム公演
2021年は音楽生活70周年を迎えて記念アルバム『JAZZ & BOSSA – LIVE AT SUNTORY HALL』を発表。ジャズの可能性を広げ、新たな挑戦を続ける音楽界の至宝、渡辺貞夫が初夏のブルーノート東京に“サウダージ”を届けた。1960年代に単身ブラジルに渡りレコーディングするなど、早くからブラジル音楽を日本に紹介し、自身の音楽に取り入れてきた渡辺。その功績はブラジル政府からも称えられブラジル最高勲章を受章。約5年ぶりとなったブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたこのコンサートでは、ブラジリアン・フレイバーなオリジナル曲やボサノヴァ、サンバのスタンダードを彼の地への想いと共に演奏した。ビバップをルーツに長いキャリアで培われた幅広い音楽性と唯一無二の音色が堪能できる特別なステージとなった。
MEMBER
Sadao Watanabe(sax)
渡辺貞夫(サックス)
Masaki Hayashi(p)
林正樹(ピアノ)
Marcelo Kimura(g)
マルセロ木村(ギター)
Kiichiro Komobuchi(b)
コモブチ キイチロウ(ベース)
Ittetsu Takemura(ds)
竹村一哲(ドラムス)
BLUE NOTE TOKYO LIVE
2022 6.23 thu.
SADAO WATANABE - SAUDADE TO BRAZIL -
『Samba Da Volta』
ジャズ界の至宝が描く“サウダージ”
ブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたプレミアム公演
2021年は音楽生活70周年を迎えて記念アルバム『JAZZ & BOSSA – LIVE AT SUNTORY HALL』を発表。ジャズの可能性を広げ、新たな挑戦を続ける音楽界の至宝、渡辺貞夫が初夏のブルーノート東京に“サウダージ”を届けた。1960年代に単身ブラジルに渡りレコーディングするなど、早くからブラジル音楽を日本に紹介し、自身の音楽に取り入れてきた渡辺。その功績はブラジル政府からも称えられブラジル最高勲章を受章。約5年ぶりとなったブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたこのコンサートでは、ブラジリアン・フレイバーなオリジナル曲やボサノヴァ、サンバのスタンダードを彼の地への想いと共に演奏した。ビバップをルーツに長いキャリアで培われた幅広い音楽性と唯一無二の音色が堪能できる特別なステージとなった。
MEMBER
Sadao Watanabe(sax)
渡辺貞夫(サックス)
Masaki Hayashi(p)
林正樹(ピアノ)
Marcelo Kimura(g)
マルセロ木村(ギター)
Kiichiro Komobuchi(b)
コモブチ キイチロウ(ベース)
Ittetsu Takemura(ds)
竹村一哲(ドラムス)
01. What’s Now 0:14
02. Good News 9:36
03. Tip Away 17:27
04. My Dear Life 20:57
05. Maisha 26:33
06. Call Me 33:32
07. Samba Em Praia 39:31
08. California Show...
01. What’s Now 0:14
02. Good News 9:36
03. Tip Away 17:27
04. My Dear Life 20:57
05. Maisha 26:33
06. Call Me 33:32
07. Samba Em Praia 39:31
08. California Shower 46:37
09. Love Song [Credits] 52:34
Musicians:
Sax – Sadao Watanabe
Keyboards – Don Grusin
Keyboards – Russell Ferrante
Electric Guitar – Carlos Rios
Electric Bass – Jimmy Haslip
Drums – Ricky Lawson
Percussion – Laudir De Oliveira
Special Vocal Guest – Brenda Russell
Recorded at Bravas Club '85,
Laforet Museum Akasaka
Tokyo, Japan, June 26, 1985
01. What’s Now 0:14
02. Good News 9:36
03. Tip Away 17:27
04. My Dear Life 20:57
05. Maisha 26:33
06. Call Me 33:32
07. Samba Em Praia 39:31
08. California Shower 46:37
09. Love Song [Credits] 52:34
Musicians:
Sax – Sadao Watanabe
Keyboards – Don Grusin
Keyboards – Russell Ferrante
Electric Guitar – Carlos Rios
Electric Bass – Jimmy Haslip
Drums – Ricky Lawson
Percussion – Laudir De Oliveira
Special Vocal Guest – Brenda Russell
Recorded at Bravas Club '85,
Laforet Museum Akasaka
Tokyo, Japan, June 26, 1985
01. Parker's Mood 0:01
02. Stella By Starlight 9:10
03. Lament 15:50
04. I Thought About You 23:57
05. Billy's Bounce 33:16
06. Bird Of Paradise 41:52
07. Every...
01. Parker's Mood 0:01
02. Stella By Starlight 9:10
03. Lament 15:50
04. I Thought About You 23:57
05. Billy's Bounce 33:16
06. Bird Of Paradise 41:52
07. Everything Happens To Me 51:26
Musicians:
Sadao Watanabe – Alto Saxophone
James Williams – Piano
Charnett Moffett – Bass
Jeff Watts – Drums
Recorded at Bravas Club '85,
Laforet Museum Akasaka
Tokyo, Japan, July 13, 1985
01. Parker's Mood 0:01
02. Stella By Starlight 9:10
03. Lament 15:50
04. I Thought About You 23:57
05. Billy's Bounce 33:16
06. Bird Of Paradise 41:52
07. Everything Happens To Me 51:26
Musicians:
Sadao Watanabe – Alto Saxophone
James Williams – Piano
Charnett Moffett – Bass
Jeff Watts – Drums
Recorded at Bravas Club '85,
Laforet Museum Akasaka
Tokyo, Japan, July 13, 1985
Performance from Bravas Club in 1991. This song also known as " Bird of Paradise" by famous C.Parker performance. This S.Watanabe play is also great.
(Drums' Ha...
Performance from Bravas Club in 1991. This song also known as " Bird of Paradise" by famous C.Parker performance. This S.Watanabe play is also great.
(Drums' Harvey Mason. Guiter; Perry Hughes, Organ; Ronny Foster)
Performance from Bravas Club in 1991. This song also known as " Bird of Paradise" by famous C.Parker performance. This S.Watanabe play is also great.
(Drums' Harvey Mason. Guiter; Perry Hughes, Organ; Ronny Foster)
BLUE NOTE TOKYO LIVE
2022 6.23 thu.
SADAO WATANABE - SAUDADE TO BRAZIL -
『Samba Da Volta』
ジャズ界の至宝が描く“サウダージ”
ブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたプレミアム公演
2021年は音楽生活70周年を迎えて記念アルバム『JAZZ & BOSSA – LIVE AT SUNTORY HALL』を発表。ジャズの可能性を広げ、新たな挑戦を続ける音楽界の至宝、渡辺貞夫が初夏のブルーノート東京に“サウダージ”を届けた。1960年代に単身ブラジルに渡りレコーディングするなど、早くからブラジル音楽を日本に紹介し、自身の音楽に取り入れてきた渡辺。その功績はブラジル政府からも称えられブラジル最高勲章を受章。約5年ぶりとなったブラジル音楽にフォーカスしたこのコンサートでは、ブラジリアン・フレイバーなオリジナル曲やボサノヴァ、サンバのスタンダードを彼の地への想いと共に演奏した。ビバップをルーツに長いキャリアで培われた幅広い音楽性と唯一無二の音色が堪能できる特別なステージとなった。
MEMBER
Sadao Watanabe(sax)
渡辺貞夫(サックス)
Masaki Hayashi(p)
林正樹(ピアノ)
Marcelo Kimura(g)
マルセロ木村(ギター)
Kiichiro Komobuchi(b)
コモブチ キイチロウ(ベース)
Ittetsu Takemura(ds)
竹村一哲(ドラムス)
01. What’s Now 0:14
02. Good News 9:36
03. Tip Away 17:27
04. My Dear Life 20:57
05. Maisha 26:33
06. Call Me 33:32
07. Samba Em Praia 39:31
08. California Shower 46:37
09. Love Song [Credits] 52:34
Musicians:
Sax – Sadao Watanabe
Keyboards – Don Grusin
Keyboards – Russell Ferrante
Electric Guitar – Carlos Rios
Electric Bass – Jimmy Haslip
Drums – Ricky Lawson
Percussion – Laudir De Oliveira
Special Vocal Guest – Brenda Russell
Recorded at Bravas Club '85,
Laforet Museum Akasaka
Tokyo, Japan, June 26, 1985
01. Parker's Mood 0:01
02. Stella By Starlight 9:10
03. Lament 15:50
04. I Thought About You 23:57
05. Billy's Bounce 33:16
06. Bird Of Paradise 41:52
07. Everything Happens To Me 51:26
Musicians:
Sadao Watanabe – Alto Saxophone
James Williams – Piano
Charnett Moffett – Bass
Jeff Watts – Drums
Recorded at Bravas Club '85,
Laforet Museum Akasaka
Tokyo, Japan, July 13, 1985
Performance from Bravas Club in 1991. This song also known as " Bird of Paradise" by famous C.Parker performance. This S.Watanabe play is also great.
(Drums' Harvey Mason. Guiter; Perry Hughes, Organ; Ronny Foster)
Sadao Watanabe(渡辺 貞夫,Watanabe Sadao) (born February 1, 1933) is a Japanese musician who plays the alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and flute. He is known for his bossa nova recordings, although his work encompasses a large range of styles with collaborations from musicians all over the world. He has had 13 albums reach the top 50 billboard charts and 2 within the top 10. He has also had numerous albums reach number one on the jazz charts. Among his more prestigious awards are the Order of the Rising Sun, the imperial medal of honour for his contribution to the arts, numerous cultural awards from around the world, the Fumio Nanri award and his cities first honour award.
Born in Utsunomiya, Japan, Sadao first began learning music at the age of 18 and started performing professionally in 1953. By 1958 he had established himself as a world-class saxophonist having performed with leading musicians and quartets. In 1962 he left Japan to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1995 the college awarded him an honorary doctorate degree for his contributions to music. In addition to his musical career, Watanabe has also published six photography books in Japan.